New Position

July 28, 1986|By Jerry Jackson of The Sentinel Staff

A veteran U.S. Forest Service official has been appointed to a new state agriculture marketing position aimed at expanding foreign markets for Florida timber products. Don Percival, 53, who retired recently as supervisor of national forests in Florida, has been appointed a development representative and will report to John Bethea, director of the state Division of Forestry. ''The potential for Florida's timber products is virtually unlimited and deserves increased attention,'' Bethea said. He said it would be Percival's job to ''pursue the opportunities that exist and to capture Florida's share of the foreign markets.''